1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9 inch square pan with parchment and grease all sides. In a small bowl, whisk together the ground flax and water and set aside.

2. In a blender or processor, process almonds into a meal/flour. Sift out large pieces. In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flours, cocoa, salt, soda).

3. In a large microwave safe bowl, add chocolate and melt in microwave for about 30-45 seconds until melted or in a waterbad. Stir well and add in flax egg, sugar, vanilla, milk and coconut oil. Whisk.
4. Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and stir well. The mixture will be VERY dry, but not to worry keep mixing!
5. Scoop batter into prepared pan and place a piece of parchment on top. Spread with hands or a pastry roller until smooth and even.
6. Bake for 32-34 minutes at 350F and allow brownies to cool in pan for about 1.5 hours. Tip from Osheglows: DO NOT REMOVE BROWNIES until completely cool or they will crack apart. After an hour or so, gently separate edge of brownie from pan with a butter knife and place on a cooling rack.

Mangocurd

INGREDIENTS

2 15oz. mangoes, peeled and pitted

1/2 cup coconut sugar

4 tablespoons lime juice

3 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1/3 cup full fat coconut milk

DIRECTIONS

Puree mangoes and sugar in a food processor until uniformly smooth.

Strain through a sieve into a saucepan.

Whisk lime juice, cornstarch, and salt in a bowl.

Heat mango puree over medium heat until bubbly, whisking constantly.

Whisk in lime

Take curd off heat and whisk in full fat coconut milk.

Cool and store in the fridge overnight.

African Mango Coffee* can;

– Boost metabolism

– Assist in thermogenic fat burning

– Suppress the appetite

– Act as a fatigue fighter

– Lower cholesterol

– Work as an overall health booster

The coffee contains an extract of the African mango’s seeds which has a large amount of healthy fats and fibre.

Research on African mango shows beneficial effects for diabetes and obesity, as well as analgesic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and GI activity.

Every cup of our African Mango Coffee contains 150mg of the African Mango superfood supplement –which research has shown to be an ideal intake to reduce fat around the waist, thighs, hips and buttocks. Along with weight loss, our African Mango Coffee can also bring down cholesterol, blood glucose and leptin levels.

Benefits:

Thermogenic fat burning:
Upon further investigation following the study, it was found that the African mango allowed large amounts of fat to be burned through the process of thermogenesis by increasing the body’s core temperature, resulting in large amounts of fat being burned without the loss of muscle.

Appetite Suppression:
Since African mango increases the levels of the hormone leptin, studies found that it also plays an important role in appetite suppression allowing you to maintain a healthy diet without the fear of uncontrollable food cravings that are so common with beginning a healthy eating plan and can mean the difference between success and disaster when it comes to losing weight.

Reducing Cholesterol Levels:
After extensive research it has been found that African mango also has been proven to reduce cholesterol levels and improve heart function in the long term. Studies have also shown that it does not interact with prescription cholesterol medication, making African mango an excellent addition to your diet if you have higher than average cholesterol.

Preheat oven to 375.
Grind the flax seeds in a coffee grinder, and mix with water. Allow it to rest till it becomes gelatinous, then use.
In a bowl whisk together the flex seeds (egg whites), coconut sugar, coconut oil and vanilla.
Add in cocoa powder and almond flour.
Spoon the dough, spacing cookies 3 inches apart.
With the back of the spoon, spread each cookie to about 4-inch diameter.
Bake for 6 to 7 minutes, or until edges begin to brown.
Using an offset spatula, loosen cookies from baking sheet and shape into tube form.

METHOD
Pulse the walnuts in a food processor, just a little so they still stay chunky.
Mix all the ingredients together in a food processor except the walnuts.
After you’ll add in the walnuts gently.
Press mixture into a pan and store in fridge while making icing.

Every mothersday I kind of face the same dilemma. I want to make something special for my mom. Due to my students budget it usually comes down, that I bake something special. After hours scrolling through Pinterest without finding any suitable recipes, I thought about giving up. I might just write a really nice card with a voucher? On Saturday, I took my bike and drove to my grandma in order to get some fresh apples. When my grandma handled me this apples, it immediately reminded me about these days when she made this amazing apple pie. Her original recipe includes a lot of butter, white flour and also sugar. So, why not making a healthy version of a traditional apple pie? And instead of making one big pie, I wanted to make little pies, so everyone on the brunch can have a little warm apple pie. On sunday then the smell of warm apples and cinnamon was filling the whole house and everyone was crazy and wanted to know what it is. I don’t want to but myself into the spotlight, but these little cuties were the stars of the happening. My grandma could not believe that they are actually made without eggs, sugar, cream or white flour.

Mix everything together in a bowl. When finished place pieces of the rolled out pie dough in a prepared muffin pan. Fill in the apple filling. To finish take your pizzacutter and do a lattice top. Crop as many small stripes as you like and then decorate your mini pies and sprinkle them with more cinnamon.
Bake the mini pies at 410°F for 8 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350°F and continue to bake the pie 20-25 minutes more, until the top is golden and the apples are soft.

I love this recipe since it is so easy and quickly made. A rich healthy snack also perfect for kids!

1/2 Cup Cacao Powder
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil or Mousse ( I used the mousse from http://www.naturkostbar.ch/en/ , if you use oil you maybe need to adapt the amount)
a a handful of dates or more if you like.

(Water to make it stick you could also use any kind of non-dairy milk, just experiment with the recipe :))

In a small bowl or half pint Mason type glass jar, add coconut, chia seeds, coconut milk, coconut water, vanilla and salt and mix until very well combined.
Place in the refrigerator and allow to rest for at least 2 hours
Serve with fresh rapsberries or other fruit of your choice

1. Place the finely chopped chocolate in medium heat-safe bowl and set aside. Place the coconut milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.

2. Heat the coconut milk until it is just under a boil—bubbles should appear along the sides of the pan, but it shouldn’t be bubbling vigorously.

3. Pour the hot coconut milk over the chopped chocolate and allow it to sit for one minute to soften the chocolate, then gently whisk them together until the chocolate is melted and it becomes a smooth, shiny chocolate ganache.

4. If you leave the ganache plain, it has a subtle fruity flavor from the coconut milk, but it is not extremely noticeable and you could add other extracts or additives to make other flavors of vegan truffles. If you want to increase the coconut flavor, add 1/4 tsp of coconut extract to the ganache. Taste it and add up to 1/4 tsp more if you prefer a stronger coconut flavor.

5. Press a layer of cling wrap directly on top of the ganache, and refrigerate it until it is firm enough to scoop and roll, about 1 hour. If you wait too long it will get very stiff and hard to work with, so it’s best to check it after an hour to make it easy to shape the truffles.

6. Pour the cocoa powder in a shallow bowl. Dust your hands lightly with cocoa powder. Use a spoon or a small candy scoop to form small balls from the ganache, and roll them between your hands to get them round. You can finish them by rolling them in a thin coating of cocoa powder, or rolling them in shredded coconut, toasted or untoasted. If you would prefer to dip them in chocolate, continue on to the next step.

7.Melt your chocolate candy coating in the microwave until it is smooth and fluid. Using forks or dipping tools, dip a truffle until it is completely submerged in the melted coating, then bring it up out of the coating and tap the fork against the lip of the bowl to remove excess. Place the truffle on a foil-covered baking sheet, and while it is still wet, sprinkle the top with toasted or untoasted coconut.

8. Repeat until all the truffles have been dipped. Place tray in the refrigerator to set the coating for about 15 minutes. Vegan Chocolate Coconut Truffles can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2 weeks, and are best served at room temperature.

1/4 tsp sea salt and as much stevia or vanilla extract as you like to add flavor.

Method:

Preheat oven to 350F (175 degrees)

Mix first the dry ingredients and then slowly add the liquid ones. Whisk to get a smoothe glaze.

Carefully fold in Raspberries, Strawberries or whatever you feel like.

Bake for 35-40 minutes.

Tip:

Place 3 slices of Lemon on top of the Cake to bring in that extra moisture!

Extra:

I always go the extra mile, so I decided to even fill the cake with a protein berry filling. It is quite easy since I just mixed some proteinpowder with soyjogurt and added in berries. (You can totally do it with quark!)

Method:
Make raw chocolate by whisking ingredients together in a bowl. Spread a thin-medium layer at the base of your chocolate moulds. Refrigerate for 10mins or until firmly set. Make mint filling by processing cashews, coconut, milk & coconut oil in a food processor. Mixture should be completely smooth so keep processing. Add mint leaves, spinach & essence and blend until leaves have fully disintegrated. Pour the filling over the chocolate. Freeze until firm. Pour remaining chocolate over filling and refrigerate overnight.

Put half of the desiccated coconut in a food processor and process for 15 or so minutes, until it forms a runny coconut butter, then combine with all the rest of the ingredients for the bars in the food processor and process for a few minutes until it forms a thick mixture. Either spread out flat in the bottom of a small baking tray, or roll into the desired shapes, then place into the freezer to set.

Whilst the coconut is freezing, get to work on the raw chocolate coating. Place the cacao butter or coconut oil into a small glass bowl that is sitting in a pot of hot water to form a water bath so that it can melt. If necessary, turn the heat up under the pot to a low heat, but be careful not to get any water into the cacao butter. Once the cacao butter is liquid, add the cacao powder and sweetener, mixing vigorously to prevent any lumps.

Now comes the fun part 😀 dip your coconut bars into the raw chocolate mixture, and then place onto a piece of greaseproof paper to set. The coldness of the coconut should make the chocolate set almost immediately so that they are ready to eat, so enjoy, or freeze to keep them in their best condition.

“I like peanut butter, creamy peanut butter,
chunky peanut butter too.
Peanut, Peanut butter,
Peanut, Peanut butter,
Peanut, Peanut butter”
Haha it just happended that I actually listend to this song while making these peanut butter treats. It is a strange story but somehow I like peanut butter more in winter than in summer…Watermelons I can only stand them in summer. Nana Icecream: ALL YOUR LONG.

But hey this is NOT a post about Nanaicecream. NOPE. It is about peanut butter, coconut and chocolate. Also not that bad right?!

This no bake snack is healthy and addicitive! Days are getting colder and Christmas is just around the corner.
If you are looking for a vegan holiday treat, these Vegan Chocolate-Coconut-Peanut Balls are just right for you!
They are not only vegan, but also gluten, grain and lactose free!They taste like a mix of a Bounty and a Reese’s but guilt free!

You can make them in different forms and shape. I also tried Macaroons. The ingredients are practically the same I just baked them for 10 Minutes (375 degrees) and added more Peanut Butter once I took them out of the oven.

Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix until combined.
Put the bowl into the freezer for 15 to 30 minutes until slightly firmed
Roll the dough into a tight ball.
Dip it into the melted dark chocolate and roll it around until evenly coated.

If you like you can decorate them with coconut
Put the plate of coconut balls in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours until the chocolate on all of your coconut balls have hardened.

BUT it is almost the end of summer and I want to celebrate the number 1 dessert for summer for the last time. I bet there is no better way than with fruity fresh coconut mango popsicles. The taste of mango and coconut gives me the feeling that this summer lasts forever. I am taking all the good memories with me and I save them for a cold winters day.

Vegan Mango coconut Popsicles

Ingredients:

800 mL canned coconut milk

100 grams (heaping 1/2 cup) granulated sugar or you could use Stevia

1 fresh mango

2 tsp soymilk

popsicle sticks

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, heat the coconut milk with the sugar until the sugar and the coconut oil have mixed in and dissolved.

2. Stir the mango and mix in some soymilk

3. Prepare popsicles by placing cups in muffin pans to hold them and then filling each til they are 1/3 full with either mango or the sweetened coconut milk. Freeze at least 1 hour or until the base is completely frozen.

4. Top with 1/3 of either mango nectar or sweetened coconut milk. This time freeze for only 30 to 45 minutes, or until the second layer is slushy and half frozen, enough so that you can place a popsicle stick in each and it will hold on its own. Return the popsicles to the freezer and freeze the second layer til it’s solid (about 30 more min).

5. Top with a final layer of mango nectar or coconut milk. Freeze overnight.

I was looking for an extraordinary dessert for months and finally found this recipe for Cherry Ice Cream. I adapted it and made Cherry Ice Cream Sandwiches since I’m a little Ice Cream Sandwich addict *confess

For the cookies you can use any cookie recipe you want. I bet it’s also quite tasty with chocolate cookies!

Some cool Design templates I found on Pinterest. Especially the one with the Comic Sans made me laugh, because I was obsesses with this font during my teenage years!

What’s better than chocolate and art combined? Well probably not that much. On Design Break I found this wonderful artpiece by Elsa Lambinet. The idea is just genius and made me think of what ingredients I could combine next in my recipe.

Nickolay Lamm makes it possible! With the help of a 3D printer he created a Barbie with the sizes of an average woman. The difference to the once Mattel created many years ago it’s just amazing. What do you think of the new Barbie?

Imagine a world where you can always have unlimited amount of Peanutbutter? Well, wait…. it is real!
A PEANUT BUTTER MAKER makes it possible. I bet the Peanut Butter out of it just tastes as good as the machine looks! Priceless!

You know it’s been said that we just don’t recognize the significant moments of our lives while they’re happening. We grow complacent with ideas, or things or people and we take them for granted and it’s usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you that you’ve realized how wrong you’ve been that you realized how much you need it, how much you love it.

I started to tell people how i feel about them since you never know what tomorrow holds for you.
There is a funny site with weird compliments for special people 🙂
I love it; especially when a compliment just matches exactly with my boyfriend and me. Here are some of my favorites.